8 sentences with 'foreign'
Example sentences and phrases with the word foreign and other words derived from it.
• « One-third of foreign investment in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia comes mainly from Hong Kong. »
• « Europeans forced foreign states to concede their economic demands and political influence, as in China and the Ottoman Empire, or simply conquered and controlled regions outright, as in South Asia (i.e. India) and Africa. »
• « There were three important periods in the history of Ancient Egypt, the time during which Egypt was not subject to foreign powers and during which it developed its distinctive culture and built its spectacular examples of monumental architecture: the Old Kingdom (2680 - 2200 BCE), the Middle Kingdom (2040 - 1720 BCE) and the New Kingdom (1550 - 1150 BCE). There were also two "intermediate periods" between the Old and Middle Kingdoms (First Intermediate Period, 2200 - 2040 BCE) and the Middle and New Kingdoms (Second Intermediate Period, 1720 - 1550 BCE). »
• « The pharaohs adopted the practice of bringing back to Egypt many foreign princes from the lands they had conquered. »
• « Many letters have survived between pharaohs and their subordinates, as well as between pharaohs and other kings in foreign lands. »
• « The Mycenaeans disappeared as a civilisation at the end of the Bronze Age. The cause was probably a combination of foreign invasions and local rebellions and wars. »